Finally, a banlist for Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG is out. I know, it's been out since the 21st, but I wanted to post other things before this topic. Anyway, what can I say....? I guess that we start at the top and work our way down. This list can be found here: http://yugioh-card.com/en/limited/index.html if you want to peruse it yourself (if you haven't already).
Forbidden changes:
Majespector Unicorn - Kirin : I have no idea why this is limited. Even if you pendulum summon it to get past it's 1 tribute requirement, you are still returning 1 card you control to your hand so you can return 1 card your opponent controls to the hand. It seems very balanced.
The Tyrant Neptune: I can see where this can be used more effectively thanks to pendulum summoning. This change makes a lot of sense.
Vanity's Emptiness: A single continuous trap card that can stop everyone from special summoning? That is pretty broken considering all the pendulum and xyz summoning these days. It's another justified change.
Limited changes:
MAXX "C": Okay, being able to draw when you opponent special summons (and they will) at the cost of just sending this from the hand to the graveyard is very powerful. I agree with this limitation.
Rescue Cat: Why was this ever forbidden? The monsters special summoned with this effect have their effects negated and are destroyed at the end of the turn. It balances it out its ability with a pretty good cost.
Brionac, Dragon of the Ice Barrier: This Synchro monster can return any number of your opponents cards to the hand provided you discard the same number of cards from your hand. This doesn't seem worthy of being forbidden since it has such a big cost for only stalling your opponent for a turn.
Brain Control: This is an oldie, but a goodie. Pay 800 life points, take control of 1 of your opponent's monsters. Only now, the errata states that you can take control of 1 of your opponent's monsters that can be 'normal summoned/set'. I was lost at how this changed anything until I looked it up. This change means that Fusion, Synchro, Xyz, Token, and any monster that cannot be normal summoned/set can't be targeted by Brain Control. This severely cuts down on the power of this card. I don't see why it needed the power cut anyway since you have to pay life points to use it.
Future Fusion: Why is a card that takes 3 turns to resolve on the limited list? This is very slow compared to other effects - your opponent could swarm the field using pendulum summoning and take out the rest of your life points in the time it takes this card to summon 1 Fusion monster. In GX this was good, but not so much anymore.
Imperial Order: For 700 life points a turn, you can negate all spell effects on the field. This could hamper strategies that rely on continuous spell/trap cards or field spell cards. This will definitely get some use.
Semi-Limited changes:
Wisdom-Eye Magician: I assume that it is semi-limited because of its pendulum ability. It's quite nifty: destroy it then replace it in your pendulum zone with any other magician from you deck that you want. This has potential.
Zoodiac Ratpier: I don't see how this is that good since it only either sends a card to the graveyard from the deck or, if xyz material, summons another Ratpier which has 0 ATK and 0 DEF. It doesn't really do much that would warrant limitation.
Interrupted Kaiju Slumber: The Kaiju archetype has always been strange to me. You have to summon one on your opponent's side of the field so you can summon one. It's no surprise that this spell card is just as confusing. Destroy as many monsters as you can, summon 2 different Kaijus to the field (1 one your side, one on your opponent's side) and then they have to battle. Later, you can banish this card to get a Kaiju from your deck to your hand. I love a good multiple card destruction effect, but you aren't really helping things if you are giving your opponent another monster too. I guess it works if you give them a really weak monster but it still makes little sense to me.
No longer on list: Sangan
It's about time. I like Sangan and considering how many other powerful summoning methods are used, Sangan should have been taken off the list a long time ago.
In general, I agree with these changes. I was excited to find out that Elemental Hero Stratos is semi-limited in the OCG and Witch of the Black Forest is now limited in the OCG since I thought maybe they would finally get off the forbidden list in the TCG. I was wrong. I don't know why not. I also noticed a lot more Zoodiac cards were forbidden in the OCG but not at all in the TCG. Why is there such a drastic difference? Do TCG players play differently than the OCG? It's the same game, just different languages, so what is the deal?
Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this post and will follow me so you don't miss any future posts. Leave a comment down below telling me your thoughts on the new Yu-Gi-Oh! banlist. Have a great weekend and as always, keep on gaming!
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